It’s Monday, you have a day off and you don’t have any specific plans about how to kill time. Let me lend a hand you find the best way to clear your mind of all your worries: languid TV. So it’s time to sit back, pour yourself a frigid one and relax, and we delve down the YouTube rabbit hole this way we will be able to sail through the peace of the British channelwelcome with us.
To take a snapshot of true peace today, I discovered a corner of the Internet full of luscious slow-motion TV videos. We’re talking about cameras attached to the front of Norwegian cruise ships journey through the fjordsAND travel on American railways and the one that crosses as much of the Grand Union Canal as can be traversed in four hours.
Created by the London Borough of Hillingdon, Below is the video a historic coal barge sailing from Yeading in west London to Paddington in the center of the British capital. On the way the channel passes a whole host of places with names that sound made up, such as Horsenden Hill, Kensal Green, Maida Hill and Smudgenose. No, actually that last one is made up.
Leisurely TV Channel Video: Yeading to Paddington Basin on the Paddington Branch of the Grand Union Canal
As you would expect from a movie called steaming narrow boat at a steady four miles per hour, it’s a ridiculously calming watch. In the background you can hear the gentle sound of a diesel engine, water lapping against the hull, and all kinds of wild animals rustling, screeching and fluttering nearby.
There are other thrilling moments worth keeping an eye out for, such as time on the coal barge passes under the bridge, and even the moment around two hours when the channel splits and the captain must choose which side to sail. Riveting.
So if you’re longing for pastures modern but don’t have time to hop on a plane, charter a narrowboat, and have an adventure all to yourself, this relaxing Grand Union Canal trip might be the next best thing. Enjoy.
